SUPERPOSITION

THEOREM
SUPERPOSITION THEOREM

The response (a desired voltage or a desired current) at

any point in the circuit containing more than one independent
source is equal to the sum of the responses caused by each
independent source acting alone.
STEPS TO APPLY SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLE

1. Turn off all independent sources except one source. Find the output
(voltage or current) due to active source using the techniques covered.

2. Repeat step 1 for each of the other independent source.

3. Find the total contribution by adding algebraically all the

contributions due to the independent sources.

* Before adding their individual responses, a current going to right/left is assumed to

have a positive/negative sign convention and a current down/up is assumed to have
a positive/negative sign convention.

EXAMPLE SAMPLE PROBLEMS